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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 22h

I know Mike Johnson says there is nothing for the House to do but there is.

You see by law a budget was supposed to be in place by Sept 30th, but Rs haven’t passed one. The reason? There isn’t a GOP budget. They haven’t even started working on one. This is what the House should be doing FFS!

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 2h

Joy Reid asks Elizabeth Warren whether there's a conversation going on at any level about 47's mental acuity, because he seems demented.

Noteworthy in Warren's reply: "Every time you try to get a hold of a piece of what’s happening, someone else comes in & talks to him & it all spins around again."

SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN (D-MA): Look, Joy. The Republicans in the Senate just are whatever Donald Trump wants is what they want. They are just spineless and they don’t want to do anything other than what Donald Trump want them to do.

JOY-ANN REID: But behind the scenes, do they know that there’s something wrong with him? Behind the scenes…

SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN (D-MA): They don’t talk about it.

JOY-ANN REID: They don’t talk about it. Let’s talk about-.

SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN (D-MA): At least when there are Democrats around.

JOY-ANN REID: Right. When there are democrats around. I was generally concerned. I mean, this man is in front of the United States military’s highest officials and was banging on about needing a Nobel Prize and about tariffs and the other N-word and just saying the most bizarre things.

And then he said he’s going to invade American cities. And I don’t even know what he thought they were going to say or do.

SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN (D-MA): You know, though–. This is the part that every time you try to get a hold of a piece of what’s happening, the difficulty is that someone else comes in and talks to Donald Trump and it all spins around again.

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 2h

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2h

Elected Republicans are getting desperate. Their lies are getting more ridiculous. They’re now trying to discourage protest by claiming No Kings will be a hate rally with terrorists. Millions of Americans have the chance to demonstrate how wrong they are.

www.americaamerica.news/p/will-you-s...

Will You Stand Up for the Right of Peaceful Protest?

A Saturday Prompt

www.americaamerica.news

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Shawn Harris @shawnforcongress.bsky.social · 17h

This is just plain wrong!

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 17h

1/2 A reminder to anyone who was RIFed.

💯 you do NOT deserve this.

Quick tips if you do get a RIF notice:
❌ Do not send a read receipt
❌ Do not respond right away - the union will probably provide language for response
✅ Forward notice to your personal email

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Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 1d

Wisconsin's prison system is expensive (about $50,000 per occupant per year) and overcrowded. Driving both of these trends is our aging occupant population.

About 10% of people in state prisons are over 60 years old - an age group that is highly unlikely to reoffend if released.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21h

This is not a border crossing.
There’s no law that any of us have to show our papers on the interior.

This is a blatant civil rights violation. How is anyone supposed to know whether this man is a real ICE agent or just pretending to be one?!

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 13h

I am deceased

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Kristen Wixx @kristenwixx.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way. More of this, please.

Skeet from Dr. Caitlin M. Green showing people in Portland wearing inflatable costumes. The text reads, "There are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. Clearly, we have settled on a motif."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2h

Echoes of a very dark past.

From the Chicago Sun Times: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 2h

Uh you think so?
And the indicting GJ never heard her testimony.

“Ms. Thompson’s testimony that she has lived in the house rent-free —Ms. James pays even for basic upkeep, — cd make it difficult for prosecutors to convince a jury that the house was meant to be used as a rental investment property.”

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 5h

Praying for this amazing man.

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Lieutenant Governor Austin A. Davis @lgaustindavis.bsky.social · 1d

PA’s diversity is our strength. We’re proud to be home to over 1.2M Hispanic-Americans, making every community more vibrant for it.

The Latino community is strong, and our administration is committed to providing everyone the opportunity to live, work, & grow here – because we’re stronger together.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

Imagine that

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4h

Stand strong and stay safe, Portland. 💙🐸
#FuckICE

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 12h

Friends,

Winter is coming. Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure will increase.

Russia has ramped up drone production and is changing its attack tactics. There will be blackouts in winter. #Kyiv will be Russia’s main strategic and symbolic target⤵️

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 8h

A Ukrainian MiG-29 conducted powerful airstrikes on Russian positions near Dolynka, in the Vasylivka sector.

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Margo @retire411.bsky.social · 1d

Remember this:

To all the non voters out there, this is what happens when you stay at home and think your vote won’t count.

Look at us now and look at what is happening to our country.

YOUR VOTES COUNT. We don’t want to go through this ever again.

Thanks,
America

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

Inventive People of Portland Dressing as Animals:

Please don't dress as dogs. Your life will not be safe with psychopath Kristi Noem on the rooftops.

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 1d

This is awesome.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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Mac McGill @maddmac.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder if the Qatari know that Idaho is a hotbed of White Christian Nationalism? They won't be safe there at all.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 8h

Only a government run by billionaires would berate its employees for not wanting to work without pay.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

The rupture “raises fresh doubts about whether Trump, operating with a hollowed-out national security team and a fragmented China strategy, is prepared for Beijing’s latest power play.”

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 17h

Pam Bondi gets uglier with every clip of her I see. People lying...when everyone knows they are lying...yet they do it anyway...they're the most repulsive thing you can ever see. That feeling of being repulsed...and what you are looking at...when you feel that way...fuse... permanently.

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